TABLE OF CONTENTS February 2018 --- No. 269 Please Note ……….………………………………………………………………………………………….…. Page 2 March 13, 2018 Program ………….…......……….….…..….…………...…….…...........… Page 2 Welcome …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Page 4 Who We Are ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Page 5 Short Takes/Potpourri ……………………………………………………………………………………….. Page 5 Milwaukee Newspapers Available Online ......................................... Page 5 Vintage Rockford, IL Material Available Online .…………………….………….…. Page 6 Canadian Census Restrictions Removed After 92 Years ................…… Page 6 Accuracy of Genealogy Information on the Internet .….……………..…..…. Page 7 Updates to MyHeritage DNA Matching..........................................… Page 9 Genome of Deceased Person from 1827 Reverse Engineered ....….….… Page 9 Local Genealogy Society News/Programs ………………………………………………….……. Page 10 Northwest Suburban Genealogy Society ……………………………..………………. Page 10 DuPage County Genealogical Society ……………………………………………………. Page 10 CAGGNI (Computer Assisted Genealogy Group of Northern Illinois) …………………….....………………………………………………………… Page 11 Internet Information …………………………………………………………………………………….….. Page 12 RootsWeb Currently Available; Maybe For A While? ....………………...….. Page 12 What’s Coming from FamilySearch in 2018 …...............................… Page 13 Periodical News ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Page 17 Internet Genealogy ………….……………..……….............................………… Page 17 Books In Print …………………………………………………………………………………………………… Page 22 Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy, 4th Ed. ………….…..…………. Page 22 Software/Hardware …………………………………………………………………………………………… Page 24 2017 Genealogy Software Awards .............................................…. Page 24 Microsoft to Sell Low-Cost Chromebooks …………………………….…….…...…. Page 25 Funny Bone ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Page 27 Calendar of Events …………………………………………………………………………………………... Page 29 1 2/6/2018 PLEASE NOTE The statements in this newsletter cited as quotes from other newsletters, quarterlies, etc., are quotations and not necessarily fact. I try not to reproduce statements that have been denied as being true and also those statements that are “old news” and have been quoted over a few years. I would like to remind you that a few extra “paper” copies of newsletters from the recent 2 months are filed at the “Ask Us” Desk on the 2nd floor along with the most recent “handouts” from the last 2 months. Please remember that you can take any of the extra paper copies in the folder. The Newsletter as well as all “handout” summaries for a particular program will be contained in a folder specifically for that program date e.g. Newsletter as well as “handout” summary for program on 1/12/10 are contained in a separate folder. Each program date will have its own folder. If you do not find a copy in the manila “extra” folder, you will have to copy from the permanent file binder. If the staff has trouble finding the folders, please let me know. More importantly, electronic PDF copies of the Newsletter and the “handouts” summary for our monthly program can be obtained electronically as PDF files from our Library’s Genealogy Blog called “Tony’s Genealogy Blog at the Schaumburg Township District Library”. This is a WordPress blog that you can reach directly at: http://genealogywithtony.wordpress.com Look on the right side of the blog for links within the “Newsletter” category and the “Program Handouts” category. You can read the material online, download as a PDF file to your computer or print it from the blog. If anyone needs to contact me via e-mail, you may reach me at the Schaumburg Township District Library at: [email protected] Or if you need to reach me the old fashioned way by phone, please contact me through the Schaumburg Township District Library at 847-923-3390. I now can also be reached by direct FAX at the Schaumburg Township District Library. The FAX number in Reference is 847-923-3335. I am at the library each Monday, Tuesday (except on program dates) and Wednesday morning from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM in the Reference Office should you need to meet me to obtain assistance in your research plan. Please let me know in advance if you plan on dropping in on these days so we can schedule a convenient time slot within those hours. Tony Kierna - Genealogy Coordinator/Schaumburg Township District Library ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARCH 13, 2018 GENEALOGY PROGRAM TOPIC 2 2/6/2018 Our next genealogy program will take place on Tuesday evening, March 13, 2018. We will have another “break-out” session for our gathering on March 13, 2018. Our previous attempts proved to be quite a good success. I would like us to build on those successes and afford those participants the opportunity to meet with those again or sample other groups. After an initial introduction of new participants at the start of our normally scheduled meeting, we will establish our “breakout” groups at approximately 7:45 PM. We would have these breakout discussions from about 8:00 PM until about 9:30 PM. These groups would consist of about 7 to 8 participants. They would discuss some common topic of genealogy that interests them or from which they could learn even more to assist their research from sharing with others in the group and learning from others within the group. The groups we previously tried seemed to work out quite well. I want to go with those same groups and am open to suggestions to attempt to add others or delete those that may not have a following. I want to reconvene the following groups: Polish Researchers German Researchers Czech Researchers Irish Researchers Italian Researchers British Researchers Scandinavian Researchers Colonial Americans Researchers DNA/Adoption Researchers (NEW as of 12/16!) I also will have a Beginner’s Group that I will lead. We will also have the computer in the room for anyone to access the internet. I would also encourage participants to bring their personal laptop or netbook to these sessions and tap into the internet via our WiFi network. I saw many researchers doing this at our last breakout session and they found it very productive to access internet information while being in one of the groups if they wanted to show something to someone else at the table. Please remember that the group’s composition is based on the numbers that will participate. If only one person is present to participate in the Polish group, then we cannot have a Polish group that evening. I cannot guarantee there will be enough participants to form a group. In that case I would always recommend participating in another ethnic group of interest if that is also in your research interests or join me at the Beginner’s Group. The key to this effort is to be flexible in selecting a group to work with. I look forward to our next “break-out” session on March 13, 2017. You may visit the library’s web page at: www.SchaumburgLibrary.org 3 2/6/2018 to view a Calendar of Events section of the library web page for this program and for many more non-genealogical programs offered by our library. You can also visit the Genealogy Blog of the library that is authored by Tony Kierna. Visit the blog at http://genealogywithtony.wordpress.com for all things related to genealogy and the genealogy programs at the Schaumburg Township District Library. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WELCOME TO ALL NEWCOMERS Glad you could join us as you embark on a rather adventurous journey into the unknown and far-reaching past! Please see me so I can get to know you and the details of the “journey” you plan to take. Make sure you receive from me a special “newcomer” package of materials that will help you take your first big steps. I would greatly appreciate your taking the time to fill out and return to me a simple questionnaire that I use to better understand areas of research into which you may delve as well as your having access or not to a home personal computer. Please feel free to become acquainted with the Genealogy Collection at Schaumburg Township District Library. Our book material is generally located in the 929.1XXXX to 929.3XXXX sections of both the Circulating Collection as well as the Reference Collection. The library also has a Video, Audio and Microform Collection of Genealogy material located in the AV-Department. The materials in AV are also identified in the same Dewey number range as the printed material. These are two great browsing areas for you to review introductory material. For book material I would like to recommend as a starter a book titled Unpuzzling Your Past: A Basic Guide to Genealogy, 4th Ed. by Emily Anne Croom (929.1 CRO). A companion book that would follow Unpuzzling Your Past is The Genealogist’s Companion & Sourcebook also by Emily Anne Croom (R 929.1 CRO). These two books present a good place to begin familiarizing yourself with the field of Genealogy. Feel free to review these books. If you have access to the Internet, you may want to check out a “How To Make A Family Tree” web page that appears at the National Genealogical Society web site. The address is: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/How_to_make_a_family_tree Our participants are a great group of friendly people who are willing to help each other in their quest to discover their ancestors. Don’t be shy to mingle!! You may be sitting next to a long, lost relative!? Welcome